Obituaries

Published 7:00 pm, Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Graveside services for Luis M. Loya, 71, of Plainview will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Plainview Cemetery with the Rev. Guadalupe Moreno officiating.

Arrangements are with Bartley Funeral Home.

Mr. Loya died Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, at Covenant Hospital Plainview.

He was born April 24, 1938, in Weslaco to Alejandro and Juanita Martinez.

Survivors include three sons, Jose Luis Loya, Adrian Loya and Alberto Alejandro Loya, all of Weslaco; one daughter, Maria Luisa Loya of Plainview; one brother, Francisco Balli Jr. of Amarillo; six sisters and two brothers-in-law, Beatrice Rivera of Dumas, Rosa Martinez of Ridley, Calif., and Frances Lollar, Georgia and David Patino, Lucia and Guadalupe Moreno and Maria Pilar Escobar, all of Plainview; 14 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A son, Daniel Loya; both parents and a brother, Manuel Martinez, are deceased.

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009, in Littlefield Memorial Park in Littlefield with the Rev. Wendell Horn officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Ramage Funeral Directors in Olton.

Kathleen was born April 16, 1919, in Stubbs, Texas. She graduated as valedictorian from Littlefield High School in 1936. She married Robert L. Ramage in Littlefield on Sept. 6, 1941. They moved to Spade to farm.

She was a member of Spade United Methodist Church. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister and will be greatly missed.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert L. Ramage, in 1996; a brother, Mike Brewer, in 2005; a grandson; and a great-granddaughter.

She is survived by three sons, Marcus Ramage and his wife, Sandy, of Odessa, Richard Ramage and his wife, Catherine, of Omaha, Neb., and Charles Ramage and his wife, Fran, of Olton; two daughters, Carolyn Holcombe and her husband, Wendell, of Kilgore, and Linda Parker of Wolfforth; one sister, Ida Jo Reed of Garland; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.